Ettore Majorana : aspects of his scientific and academic activity /

Ettore Majorana : aspects of his scientific and academic activity /

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Author / Creator:Guerra, Francesco.
Imprint:[Pisa] : Edizioni Della Normale, c2008.
Description:xii, 243 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:CRM series ; 6
CRM series (Pisa, Italy) ; 6.
Subject:
Majorana, Ettore.
Majorana, Ettore.
Nuclear physicists -- Italy -- Biography.
Nuclear physicists.
Italy.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7450728
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Other authors / contributors:Robotti, Nadia.
ISBN:9788876423314
8876423311
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-99) and index.
Summary:"Little more than one hundred years have gone by since the birth of Ettore Majorana, a theoretical physicist of outstanding value. His career was brief and irregular but very intense, and he disappeared in March 1938 in circumstances that still are not completely clear. This volume is a contribution to a better understanding of the scientific, academic and human personality of Ettore Majorana, beyond the layers of legendary aspects which have accumulated over the years. Based on primary sources alone - scientific literature of the period and numerous archival documents - the figure of Ettore Majorana emerges in a completely new light. The young scientist is intensely involved in scientific research, completely independent, always striving to offer innovative contributions of the highest level according to the most advanced international standards, and very determined to make his results known by following a shrewd publication strategy. He is profoundly interested in his academic career, scrupulous with institutional relationships, and attentive to his students." "Moreover, his documented scholarly activity is much wider than previously reported. This historical analysis shows also that Majorana had a very important role in orienting research in Rome, especially in the sector of the statistical model of the atom and in Nuclear Physics. It is also clear that there are aspects of Ettore Majorana's life which transmit a solid historical legacy from the cultural and human points of view, besides the scientific legacy which is universally recognized to him. A reproduction of original documents completes the volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. An itinerary along the scientific and academic life of Ettore Majorana, from the primary sources
  • 2. The formative years until the doctoral degree in Physics
  • 2.1. Ettore earns his Classical Lyceum license
  • 2.2. Ettore earns his doctoral degree in Physics
  • 2.3. An overview of the scientific research activity as a student
  • 2.4. Fermi statistical model for the atom
  • 2.5. Majorana and the statistical model
  • 2.6. Early neglect and late eventual acceptance of the Majorana improvement
  • 2.7. Majorana's doctoral Thesis on nuclear [alpha] decay
  • 3. From the doctoral degree to the private lectureship
  • 4. The visit to Leipzig in 1933
  • 5. Years of silence 1933-1937
  • 6. Ettore Majorana, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Royal University of Naples
  • 6.1. The competition for a professorship in Theoretical Physics at the University of Palermo
  • 6.2. Ettore Majorana Professor in Naples and his disappearance in March 1938
  • 6.3. Some reactions to Majorana disappearance and his (difficult) removal from the professorship
  • 7. Some conclusions and perspectives for further research
  • A. List of the scientific publications of Ettore Majorana
  • B. English translation of the Majorana communication at the 1928 Meeting of the Litalian Physical Society (item A2 in Appendix A)
  • C. English translation of the announcement of the paper on the oriented atoms (item A8 in Appendix A)
  • D. English translation of the announcement of the paper on the nuclear theory (item A11 in Appendix A)
  • E. English translation of the introductory section of the paper on the Zeitschrift
  • F. Nuclear Physics in Rome: Majorana and Fermi
  • G. The Majorana Archive at the Domus Galilaeana in Pisa
  • H. Majorana programs for the private lectureship
  • References
  • Name index
  • Figure captions
  • Credits
  • Figures
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